X-Plane 10 just WOW

Northwestern · Sep 18, 2011, 02:31 PM

Here is a trailer. Really looking forward to this game.

Cougarcat · Sep 18, 2011, 03:42 PM

I normally don't care for flight sims, but damn I'd buy that just to land the shuttle.

Maybe they'll add the SLS in 2017.

cfII · Sep 18, 2011, 05:42 PM

UGHHHHH!!
been waiting for months! Saw this thread and thought I missed the release

Sylonien · Sep 18, 2011, 09:44 PM

Nice... will it run on an iMac though?

avro707 · Sep 18, 2011, 09:55 PM

I do like the shuttle - and especially the landing gear compression and bounce when it touched down. You don't often see that in Flight Simulator X.

But since I've got many hundreds of dollars of expensive addons for FSX (eg, $75 addon planes), I don't want to move over to X Plane 10 and lose those.

cfII · Sep 22, 2011, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avro707

I do like the shuttle - and especially the landing gear compression and bounce when it touched down. You don't often see that in Flight Simulator X.

But since I've got many hundreds of dollars of expensive addons for FSX (eg, $75 addon planes), I don't want to move over to X Plane 10 and lose those.

Plane is way better once you get bused to the user interface.

aCondor · Sep 23, 2011, 09:23 AM

This looks very promising. Though looking at the amount of detail I doubt my 2011 base MBP will be able to handle it!

marzer · Sep 23, 2011, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aCondor

This looks very promising. Though looking at the amount of detail I doubt my 2011 base MBP will be able to handle it!

It should run fine on your MBP, I used to run v8 on a G5 iMac years ago with no problem.

Northwestern · Nov 24, 2011, 10:46 AM

Game + Demo now available!

MacsRgr8 · 09:46 AM

YES!!!

I love X-Plane 9!

Can't wait to try it out this weekend!!!

I'll buy this for sure!
I assume.. due to the huge amount of data... it will not be available on the Mac App Store.

EDIT:

Whoa.... phrase rhymes with clucking bell:

X-Plane 10 System Requirements

X-Plane 10 requires, at the minimum,

a 2 GHz, multi-core CPU,
2 GB of RAM, and
a video card with 512 MB of on-board, dedicated video RAM (VRAM).
However, for the best experience, we recommend the following:

a 3 GHz, multi-core CPU (or, even better, multiple processors),
4 GB of RAM, and
a video card with 1 GB of on-board, dedicated VRAM.

MacsRgr8 · Nov 25, 2011, 01:17 PM

I know that posting twice in a row isn't very nice, but I just wanted to share my first impressions of X-Plane 10.

Got the demo via the torrent.

Finally downloaded, and copied it over to my /Applications directory.

First of all: it didn't start...
So I gave the whole X-Plane 10 Demo directory full permissions:
(in Terminal.app): sudo chmod -R 777 X-Plane\ 10\ Demo/ <ENTER>

Now it works!

Default settings @ 1920 x 1200 rez:
Settings: high
AF: 4x
AA: off
Rest: dunno

Quick start with my joystick.. Default UA 747-400 @ KSEA... wow!!! Very cool!

Hardware:
Mac Pro '08
ATi Radeon 4870
8 GB RAM
OS X 10.7.2

Amazing Iceman · Nov 25, 2011, 02:15 PM

Me drooling.... too bad have no time to play at this time...

But I'll make some time!!!

K15 · Nov 25, 2011, 02:23 PM

Downloading the demo now. This looks very promising.

Mackilroy · Nov 25, 2011, 06:16 PM

Those requirements don't look too bad – you can easily build a system meeting those specs for under $1000.

Northwestern · Nov 26, 2011, 05:33 AM

The download is very slow (29 kilobytes/sec)

7 hours left.

Mackilroy · Nov 26, 2011, 12:42 PM

Did you download directly from Laminar or use their torrent? I went with the latter route – got over 500 kB/s that way.

dmr727 · Nov 26, 2011, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacsRgr8

I know that posting twice in a row isn't very nice, but I just wanted to share my first impressions of X-Plane 10.

Thanks for the report - how much does the performance suffer with AA turned on? For me, it's distracting to see the jaggies!

dimme · Nov 26, 2011, 07:06 PM

I downloaded the demo (torrent) and it would not launch in Lion on my MacPro. I booted into windows 7 and it worked fine. Anyone else have issues in os x?

MacsRgr8 · Nov 27, 2011, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dmr727

Thanks for the report - how much does the performance suffer with AA turned on? For me, it's distracting to see the jaggies!

I turned on HDR Rendering. Now, that looks cool! Very good!!
I have the Radeon 4870 card in my Mac Pro. HDR looks terrific (you must turn normal AA off!) but I think my 4870 is just able to handle it... I wonder how it will perform with heavier scenery... but in the demo it's fine.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dimme

I downloaded the demo (torrent) and it would not launch in Lion on my MacPro. I booted into windows 7 and it worked fine. Anyone else have issues in os x?

I posted my fix already:

First of all: it didn't start...
So I gave the whole X-Plane 10 Demo directory full permissions:
(in Terminal.app): sudo chmod -R 777 X-Plane\ 10\ Demo/ <ENTER>

Mattww · Nov 27, 2011, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dimme

I downloaded the demo (torrent) and it would not launch in Lion on my MacPro. I booted into windows 7 and it worked fine. Anyone else have issues in os x?

It is a permission problem - you need to download the X-Plane 10 updater and run it - it will fix your install.

See http://www.x-plane.com/blog/

MacsRgr8 · Nov 29, 2011, 02:29 PM

X-Plane 10.0.2 beta-1 is out!

AndyMoore · Dec 4, 2011, 07:52 PM

10.03b1 is out now, XP10 is looking good.

I've done a couple of videos from the demo -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozq3IdSL7Ro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uikrr1SFP-Q

Stallion10 · Dec 10, 2011, 02:52 PM

I am looking to buy flight controls for a friend, and know nothing about this stuff. He is a pilot in real life, and would love the most realistic feel possible.

Who has? And where can I find yoke, throttle, pedals, etc... for a Mac?
I will also be buying him a program, and from what I've read X10 is the way to go. FOllowed closely by FlightSimulator (i think that was it at least).

For a PILOT, which would you recommend?
Again, I need advice on where to find the controls too.
Please answer both questions.
Thanks.

ECUpirate44 · Dec 10, 2011, 02:55 PM

It runs fine on my 2010 i7 MBP.

MacsRgr8 · Dec 11, 2011, 08:50 AM

My X-Plane 10 order has shipped.. Can't wait for it to come!
Seems I can't track it..?

(I edited the Conformation No. out)

Sep 18, 2011, 02:31 PM	#1
Northwestern macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2011	X-Plane 10 just WOW Here is a trailer. Really looking forward to this game.
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Sep 18, 2011, 05:42 PM	#3
cfII macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: california	UGHHHHH!! been waiting for months! Saw this thread and thought I missed the release __________________ 15" MBP, 2.3Ghz, 8 gig, 750GB HD; 16 gig white Iphone4 at&t
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Sep 18, 2011, 09:44 PM	#4
Sylonien macrumors regular Join Date: May 2011	Nice... will it run on an iMac though? __________________ iPod 20Gb with Click Wheel (4th Gen), iPod 160Gb Classic, iPad 32Gb "... almost buying my first ever iMac, PC user / builder since '98"
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Sep 18, 2011, 09:55 PM	#5
avro707 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2010	I do like the shuttle - and especially the landing gear compression and bounce when it touched down. You don't often see that in Flight Simulator X. But since I've got many hundreds of dollars of expensive addons for FSX (eg, $75 addon planes), I don't want to move over to X Plane 10 and lose those. __________________ Website Mac Pro 5,1 \| iMac \| iPhone 5 64gb \| Nikon D800e \| Nikon D3s
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Nov 24, 2011, 01:48 PM	#10
MacsRgr8 macrumors 604 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	YES!!! I love X-Plane 9! Can't wait to try it out this weekend!!! I'll buy this for sure! I assume.. due to the huge amount of data... it will not be available on the Mac App Store. EDIT: Whoa.... phrase rhymes with clucking bell: X-Plane 10 System Requirements X-Plane 10 requires, at the minimum, a 2 GHz, multi-core CPU, 2 GB of RAM, and a video card with 512 MB of on-board, dedicated video RAM (VRAM). However, for the best experience, we recommend the following: a 3 GHz, multi-core CPU (or, even better, multiple processors), 4 GB of RAM, and a video card with 1 GB of on-board, dedicated VRAM. __________________ Steve Jobs. 1955 - 2011. My Hero. Last edited by MacsRgr8; Nov 25, 2011 at 09:46 AM.
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Sep 18, 2011, 03:42 PM	#2
Cougarcat macrumors 601 Join Date: Sep 2003	I normally don't care for flight sims, but damn I'd buy that just to land the shuttle. Maybe they'll add the SLS in 2017.
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Sep 23, 2011, 09:23 AM	#7
aCondor macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: United States	This looks very promising. Though looking at the amount of detail I doubt my 2011 base MBP will be able to handle it!
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Nov 24, 2011, 10:46 AM	#9
Northwestern Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2011	Game + Demo now available!
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Nov 25, 2011, 01:17 PM	#11
MacsRgr8 macrumors 604 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	Runs pretty good on Mac Pro '08! I know that posting twice in a row isn't very nice, but I just wanted to share my first impressions of X-Plane 10. Got the demo via the torrent. Finally downloaded, and copied it over to my /Applications directory. First of all: it didn't start... So I gave the whole X-Plane 10 Demo directory full permissions: (in Terminal.app): sudo chmod -R 777 X-Plane\ 10\ Demo/ <ENTER> Now it works! Default settings @ 1920 x 1200 rez: Settings: high AF: 4x AA: off Rest: dunno Quick start with my joystick.. Default UA 747-400 @ KSEA... wow!!! Very cool! Hardware: Mac Pro '08 ATi Radeon 4870 8 GB RAM OS X 10.7.2 __________________ Steve Jobs. 1955 - 2011. My Hero.
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Nov 25, 2011, 02:15 PM	#12
Amazing Iceman macrumors 68020 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Florida, U.S.A.	Me drooling.... too bad have no time to play at this time... But I'll make some time!!! __________________ 17" MacBook Pro (2007) iPad 3G / new iPad LTE 64GB AppleTV 2 Follow @AmazingIceman for useful tech info and more (mention MacRumors).
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Nov 25, 2011, 02:23 PM	#13
K15 macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eagle River, Alaska	Downloading the demo now. This looks very promising. __________________ Mac Pro 5,1: 3.20GHz Quad-Core, 16 GB RAM, Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X GHz Edition Card w/ 6G's, 2TB HD, 1TB HD, 1 - 18x SuperDrive , 2x 27" Apple LED Cinema Displays, FSP Group Booster X5 450W PSU
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Nov 25, 2011, 06:16 PM	#14
Mackilroy macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2006	Those requirements don't look too bad – you can easily build a system meeting those specs for under $1000. __________________ Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
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Nov 26, 2011, 05:33 AM	#15
Northwestern Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2011	The download is very slow (29 kilobytes/sec) 7 hours left.
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Nov 26, 2011, 12:42 PM	#16
Mackilroy macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2006	Did you download directly from Laminar or use their torrent? I went with the latter route – got over 500 kB/s that way. __________________ Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
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Nov 26, 2011, 07:06 PM	#18
dimme macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: SF, CA	I downloaded the demo (torrent) and it would not launch in Lion on my MacPro. I booted into windows 7 and it worked fine. Anyone else have issues in os x? __________________ MacPro 2.8 Quad-Core, 10GB ram, ATI 5770 Lot's of drives, Magic Trackpad, wacom tablet MBP 2.4 SR
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Nov 29, 2011, 02:29 PM	#21
MacsRgr8 macrumors 604 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	X-Plane 10.0.2 beta-1 is out! __________________ Steve Jobs. 1955 - 2011. My Hero.
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Dec 4, 2011, 07:52 PM	#22
AndyMoore macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2008	10.03b1 is out now, XP10 is looking good. I've done a couple of videos from the demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozq3IdSL7Ro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uikrr1SFP-Q __________________ iMac 27" 2.8 i5 12Gb RAM 1TB HDD iMac 20" 2.4 C2D 4Gb RAM 320Gb HDD & an iPod Touch 16Gb (2nd Gen) The "No Expert" Guides To: OS X The Blog
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Dec 10, 2011, 02:52 PM	#23
Stallion10 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2011	best Yoke, Throttle, etc...? I am looking to buy flight controls for a friend, and know nothing about this stuff. He is a pilot in real life, and would love the most realistic feel possible. Who has? And where can I find yoke, throttle, pedals, etc... for a Mac? I will also be buying him a program, and from what I've read X10 is the way to go. FOllowed closely by FlightSimulator (i think that was it at least). For a PILOT, which would you recommend? Again, I need advice on where to find the controls too. Please answer both questions. Thanks.
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Dec 10, 2011, 02:55 PM	#24
ECUpirate44 macrumors 603 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NC	It runs fine on my 2010 i7 MBP. __________________ 2012 RMBP 2.3/8/256. 16Gb iPhone 5 Black & Slate.
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Dec 11, 2011, 08:50 AM	#25
MacsRgr8 macrumors 604 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	My X-Plane 10 order has shipped.. Can't wait for it to come! Seems I can't track it..? (I edited the Conformation No. out) Attached Thumbnails __________________ Steve Jobs. 1955 - 2011. My Hero.
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